As Russian forces continue their assault on Ukraine, multiple Chicagoans with relatives in the country say they’re anguished, but determined to bring their families to safety.
As Russian forces continue their assault on Ukraine, multiple Chicagoans with relatives in the country say they're anguished, but determined to bring their families to safety.
Marianna Piatkivska's 85-year-old grandmother and 14-year-old cousin are from western Ukraine and are experiencing multiple bomb alerts a day. "Western Ukraine gladfully is not as bad yet," Piatkivska said."Living under like bomb alerts and going into basements a couple of times a night, even a couple times a day, is devastating. I just want them to be in safety, at least the elderly and children."Another Chicago resident, Dmytro Petruk, has numerous relatives in Ukraine. His sister, her husband and their children live about 30 miles outside of Kyiv.
"Three times or four times a day they are running to kind of a basement," he said."That's actually their life for the past eight days."they decided to head to western Ukraine.